Written Answers Friday 23 June 2006

Scottish Executive

Antisocial Behaviour

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether noise created by animals or birds kept in domestic locations is included in the provisions of the Antisocial Behaviour (Noise Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and, if not, what legislation and regulation applies in such circumstances.

Rhona Brankin: Yes.

  The Antisocial Behaviour (Noise Control) Regulations 2005 do not specify the noise source other than it must be emitted from a domestic dwelling; therefore, it can include the noise caused by animals.

  There are also other legislative provisions and tools to tackle noise nuisance from animals and birds, for example the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Civic Government Act 1982.

Bathing Waters

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the actions outlined in Bathing Water Strategy for Scotland will be sufficient to ensure that no Scottish beaches fail to meet the European standard for bathing waters and, if so, in what timescale this will be achieved.

Rhona Brankin: The revised Bathing Water Directive, which came into force in March 2006, requires that all designated bathing waters comply with its standards by September 2015.

  In our new bathing water strategy, Better bathing waters: Meeting the challenges of the revised Bathing Water Directive in Scotland, which I launched in March, we set out the measures we believe are necessary to meet such compliance. We have also asked Scottish Environment Protection Agency to report on the risks to each bathing water, which they will complete by 2007.

  We already recognise that the greatest risk to achieving compliance now comes from diffuse agricultural pollution, and the strategy outlines the work we have already done with farmers, as well as future proposals to meet this threat. By its very nature, diffuse pollution is harder to control, and even with suitable measures in place, we are unable to guarantee that there will be no future failures in compliance.

  Our strategy is available on the Executive’s website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Bathingwaterstrategy.

Central Heating Programme

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have benefited from the installation of central heating under the free central heating programme in (a) West Dunbartonshire, (b) Argyll and Bute and (c) the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency since 2001.

Johann Lamont: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26622 on 21 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Child Care

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households with children have been in temporary accommodation in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999 and what action is being taken to reduce these figures.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive collects snapshot data on the number of households in temporary accommodation as at the end of each quarter. Data on households with dependent children have been collected since March 2001. The following table shows the numbers of households with dependent children in temporary accommodation as at 31 March for 2001 to 2005 as a percentage of all households. Figures for March 2006 will be published later this year.

  Households with Children in Temporary Accommodation by Local Authority Area as at 31 March: 2001-05

  

 
 Households with Children in Temporary Accommodation
 % of all Households with Children


 
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005


 Scotland
 1,438
 1,329
 1,618
 2,031
 2,373
 0.2
 0.2
 0.3
 0.3
 0.4


 Argyll and Bute
 9
 10
 21
 23
 57
 0.1
 0.1
 0.2
 0.2
 0.6


 West Dunbartonshire
 9
 13
 27
 38
 32
 0.1
 0.1
 0.2
 0.3
 0.3



  Source: HL2 returns submitted by local authorities to Scottish Executive Development Department Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics)

  Notes:

  1. Number of households from household projections published by General Register Office for Scotland (2000, 2002 and 2004 based).

  2. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest 0.1%.

  We have introduced the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2004 to ensure that where children are accommodated in temporary accommodation this is of the best possible standard and causes minimum disruption to families’ lives. We are also encouraging local authorities and their partners to act to prevent homelessness wherever possible and have established an Innovation Fund to support demonstration projects. Both authorities report having taken action to prevent homelessness occurring, based on evidence available as to the causes of homelessness in the area and focussing on early intervention and the provision of appropriate support. They also report working with local housing providers to ensure that the quality of temporary accommodation is improved and that homeless families’ access to permanent housing is maximised.

Concessionary Travel

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive where the national concessionary travel scheme passes are produced and from where they are distributed.

Tavish Scott: The National Concessionary Travel Scheme is one application on the National Entitlement Card. The Entitlement Card is produced and managed under contract to the Improvement Service, which is part of the Scottish Executive’s Modernising Government programme.

  The Entitlement Cards are produced and distributed from Hull in England, following a procurement exercise conducted under the appropriate regulations.

Concessionary Travel

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will instruct Transport Scotland to extend the concessionary travel scheme to rail travel on rail routes where there is no overcrowding problem and thus no consequent need for additional rolling stock.

Tavish Scott: We have no plans to extend the national concessionary travel scheme in the way suggested.

Crime

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have (a) been found guilty of wounding someone with a knife and (b) received a prison sentence for such an offence in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: There are a number of possible charges which can result from offences involving a knife. The information recorded centrally on those proceeded against in courts is based on the type of offence committed, for example assault, rather than the way it was committed. Therefore specific information on persons with a charge proved for wounding someone with a knife is unavailable.

Crofting

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has provided any "absolute assurances" to the Scottish Crofting Foundation in relation to the Crofting Reform etc. Bill as reported in the West Highland Free Press on 2 June 2006 and, if so, whether any such assurances were in writing, whether the Executive will publish a copy of the assurances and place it in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and why the assurances were not made available to the public when they were written; whether the Executive will publish draft amendments to the bill which will implement such assurances, and whether it considers that it should make public all material which constitutes assurances about amendments which it intends to introduce at stage 2 of a bill.

Rhona Brankin: Ministers and the Scottish Executive are not in a position to give any assurances about any bill which is under consideration by Parliament. A meeting was held with the Scottish Crofting Foundation to discuss the Bill and a copy of a memo outlining the conclusions of that meeting was sent to the SCF. This memo has already been the subject of a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and was released. It will be published in both the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39898) and the Executive’s website, in line with the Executive’s publication scheme. Although it is not usual practice to publish possible amendments to a bill under consideration by Parliament, where we have indicated to the Environment and Rural Development Committee that we intend to amend the bill we have published those amendments.

Drug Misuse

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been treated for (a) cannabis addiction and (b) cannabis-related illnesses in each of the last five years, broken down by age and NHS board.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) collects information on new individuals coming into contact with drug treatment services.

  Information showing the number of new clients aged less than 16 years, reporting cannabis use, who have accessed drug treatment and rehabilitation services in the last five years, and broken down by age and NHS board, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39914).

  Information showing the number of people aged 15 years and under, discharged from general acute Scottish hospitals with a diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabis, has also been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39914).

Education

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the number of secondary schools specialising in sport, music or any other activity, broken down by local authority area and specialist activity.

Peter Peacock: The following individual secondary schools provide national specialist provision supported through the Executive’s Centres of Excellence programme:

  

 Local Authority
 School
 Specialism


 Aberdeen City
 Dyce Academy
 Music


 City of Edinburgh
 Broughton High School
 Music


 East Dunbartonshire
 Douglas Academy
 Music


 Glasgow City
 Bellahouston Academy
 Sport


 Glasgow City
 Knightswood Secondary School
 Dance


 Highland
 Plockton High School
 Traditional Music



  The Executive also currently funds three local projects through the same programme: Shawlands Academy in Glasgow which specialises in languages, the Fife music project, and the Partners in Excellence language project in East and North Ayrshire and Argyll and Bute

  Details of all other specialisms are not held centrally.

Education

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the secondary school pupil to teacher ratio has been in each year since 1990, broken down by subject and local authority.

Peter Peacock: The information available is not in the form requested. Data on the numbers of pupils studying each secondary subject is not collected as part of the annual School Census, and consequently it is not possible to provide pupil to teacher ratios by secondary subject.

  However, information on the overall pupil to teacher ratio in each sector since 1990 is available in the SEED Statistical Bulletin entitled Teachers in Scotland, 2005, which can be accessed using the following hyperlink http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/03/28083648/0.

Education

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of secondary school pupils have been taught in classes containing more than 30 pupils in each year since 1990, broken down by subject and local authority.

Peter Peacock: This information is not held centrally.

Environment

Susan Deacon (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to control the use of jet skis in coastal areas.

Tavish Scott: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued advice confirming that it is regarded as best practice for owners of jet skis and other leisure vessels to observe the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea at all times. All craft should also continue to comply with local regulations and it is the responsibility of local and harbour authorities to consider whether there is a need to regulate the use of jet skis using local byelaw powers.

Environment

Susan Deacon (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it is working with local authorities to address noise nuisance and other disturbances from the use of jet skis in coastal areas.

Tavish Scott: It is the responsibility of local and harbour authorities to regulate the use of jet skis using local byelaw powers.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what support is given to people with HIV/AIDS in each city.

Mr Andy Kerr: Health Protection Scotland (HPS) is responsible for monitoring the diagnosis, clinical investigation and treatment of all HIV infected persons in Scotland. HPS data indicate that all diagnosed persons have access to HIV specialist care, including the most up to date laboratory tests and, if appropriate, the most comprehensive range of anti-retroviral therapies to prevent HIV disease progression. No inequities in service provision, in the context of geographical area of residence, sexual orientation, injecting drug use status, ethnicity and country of origin, are evident.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with HIV/AIDS there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) NHS board area.

Mr Andy Kerr: The following information is available:

  Number of HIV+ve Individuals by Allocated Health Board* and Year of Report to HPS 2001-05, source HIV/AIDS to December 2005

  

 Allocated Health Board*
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 Total


 Argyll and Clyde
 5
 11
 8
 10
 16
 50


 Ayrshire and Arran
 5
 8
 3
 7
 5
 28


 Borders
 1
 4
 8
 2
 3
 18


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 1
 4
 9
 10
 28


 Fife
 5
 14
 7
 18
 12
 56


 Forth valley
 6
 4
 4
 6
 14
 34


 Grampian
 20
 14
 28
 21
 34
 117


 Greater Glasgow
 40
 80
 93
 121
 110
 444


 Highland
 3
 6
 5
 5
 7
 26


 Lanarkshire
 8
 11
 11
 22
 21
 73


 Lothian
 57
 73
 83
 110
 128
 451


 Tayside
 20
 12
 18
 23
 19
 92


 Total
 174
 238
 272
 354
 379
 1,417



  Note: *Health Board of Residence or, if unavailable health board of where specimen or HIV testing was taken.

  Number of HIV+ve Individuals in Scotland known to be in Clinical Care 2001-05

  

 Allocated Health Board*
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005


 Argyll and Clyde (GG)
 35
 41
 46
 53
 60


 Argyll and Clyde (Highland)
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15


 Ayrshire and Arran
 36
 40
 39
 46
 48


 Borders
 13
 12
 20
 23
 25


 Dumfries and Galloway
 16
 15
 17
 26
 37


 Fife
 64
 71
 78
 90
 98


 Forth Valley
 26
 29
 30
 35
 48


 Grampian
 88
 96
 108
 123
 148


 Greater Glasgow
 280
 330
 402
 495
 567


 Highland
 12
 5
 4
 3
 6


 Lanarkshire
 52
 61
 66
 80
 95


 Lothian
 605
 658
 686
 755
 842


 Shetland
 4
 2
 4
 5
 4


 Tayside
 150
 156
 161
 165
 183


 Western Isles
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1


 (blank)
 1
 1
 1
 1
 0


 All Scotland
 1,394
 1,530
 1,676
 1,915
 2,177



  Note: *Health board of residence or, if unavailable health board of where specimen or HIV testing was taken.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on information for people with HIV/AIDS in each of the last five years.

Mr Andy Kerr: The breakdown of funding on information services for people with HIV/AIDS is not held centrally. Services provided by NHS boards and NHS Health Scotland would be met from their general allocation.

  However, the Executive currently allocates £8.6 million per annum to NHS boards for action to prevent the spread of blood borne viruses (BBV), and to support people who have contracted BBV, including HIV/AIDS.

  In addition, the Executive also funds a number of voluntary organisations through the Section 16B Funding scheme. The organisations which received funding towards supporting people with HIV/AIDS, within the financial year 2006-07 are:

  PHACE Scotland receives core funding of £32,000 and project funding of £9,769;

  HIV Scotland receives core funding of £85,000 and project funding of £204,500;

  National Aids Trust receives core funding of £12,000;

  Positive Steps Partnership receives core funding of £45,000 and project funding of £50,000, and

  Waverley Care receives core funding of £7,636. Waverley Care also receive Section 10 project funding of £62,044.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to educate people who do not have HIV/AIDS about the illness.

Mr Andy Kerr: The National Sexual Health Strategy Respect and Responsibility, published in January 2005, includes a number of recommendations on the importance of educating the general public on prevention of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS.

  NHS boards are delivering education through their locally appointed Health Promotion Managers and Drug Action Teams. In addition, NHS Health Scotland is working with key stakeholders to support positive Sexual Health in the workplace in relation to HIV status.

  NHS Health Scotland are also working closely with the Executive on two programmes, "Healthy Respect" and "Respect and Responsibility" where HIV/AIDS is seen as being an important element in work around promoting protection against all STIs, reducing stigma and discrimination and improving access to services for those people who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on measures to educate people who do not have HIV/AIDS about the illness in each of the last five years.

Mr Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally.

Health

Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-25545 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 May 2006, whether it will provide information about the number and rate of infants born with congenital heart anomalies in each year prior to 1995 and subsequent to 2003 for which figures are available.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information prior to 1995 is contained in the following table. Information for 2004 is due to be published in autumn 2006 on the Scottish Health Statistics website as part of the annual Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report.

  Singletons Born in Scotland and Detected1 with Anomalies of the Heart and Circulatory System at Birth or During Infancy2; Numbers and Rates Per 1,000 Births by Year of birth: 1987-94

  

 
 
 1987
 1988
 1989
 1990
 1991
 1992
 1993
 1994


 Heart and Circulatory System 3,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 Number
 432
 412
 450
 462
 484
 524
 549
 490


 
 Rate
 6.74
 6.38
 7.24
 7.26
 7.43
 8.28
 8.91
 8.20


 Heart 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 Number
 236
 238
 262
 251
 287
 312
 312
 289


 
 Rate
 3.68
 3.69
 4.21
 3.94
 4.41
 4.93
 5.07
 4.83


 Circulatory System 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 Number
 250
 226
 237
 242
 270
 288
 310
 274


 
 Rate
 3.90
 3.50
 3.81
 3.80
 4.15
 4.55
 5.03
 4.58



  Notes:

  1. Anomalies have been located from the diagnostic summaries contained within the linked source data comprising profiles of neonatal and in-patient hospital discharge records, stillbirth notifications and death registrations.

  2. All Infants followed up from birth for period of one year to allow detection of anomalies from hospital in-patient records or General Register Office death registrations.

  3. Singletons with more than one congenital anomaly are only counted once in a category total. For example if an infant was born with anomalies of both the heart and circulatory system, the anomalies would be recorded separately in each category, but only once in the total figure for Anomalies of the Heart and Circulatory System.

Historic Scotland

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff at Historic Scotland were disciplined following allegations of staff purchasing irregularities in 2004-05.

Mr Tom McCabe: No staff at Historic Scotland were disciplined following allegations of staff purchasing irregularities in 2004-05, because the individual concerned resigned. Subsequent to that, however, the individual was subject to the appropriate legal process, resulting in a custodial sentence.

Housing

Marilyn Livingstone (Kirkcaldy) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Scottish Homes stock transfer model is flexible enough to meet the higher standards required by the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.

Johann Lamont: The Scottish Homes stock transfer model provided sufficient money to maintain the stock for the next 30 years in the same condition in which it was transferred.

  Following transfer the Executive expects registered social landlords to maintain and modernise their stock from within their own resources.

Housing

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the regulations which make provision for sprinklers in residential care homes.

Johann Lamont: I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. His response is as follows:

  The SBSA has no plans to change the regulations on automatic life safety fire suppression systems, which were introduced on 1 May 2005.

Justice

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23155 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006 and in relation to the one further report commissioned by it as part of its defence of the civil action, whether it will provide details of the remit of the MacLeod reports and the one further report, when these reports were commissioned, who carried out the one further report, when the reports were completed and what the cost to it was of each report.

Cathy Jamieson: Details about the reports commissioned by the Scottish Executive are given in my letter of 16 June 2006 to the Convener of the Justice 1 Committee, a copy of which is available at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/justice1/papers-06/j1_s2_06_24_9.pdf.

  The cost of each report commissioned from Mr MacLeod and Mr Pass is a commercially confidential matter.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were prosecuted in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 for tax credit fraud; how many people were found guilty, and how much money was fraudulently obtained in each such case where proceedings are complete.

Elish Angiolini QC: The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have been committed.

  The following table shows the total number of charges for contraventions of Section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 where the charge was reported to the Procurator Fiscal between April 2004 and March 2006 and led to a prosecution in either the Sheriff Court or the District Court.

  The Database does not contain information about the amount of money which was proved to have been fraudulently obtained.

  Charges Involving Offences Under Section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 20021

  

 Verdict
 2004-05
 2005-06


 Guilty
 8
 10


 Not Convicted
 0
 3


 Proceedings still Active
 0
 4


 Total Prosecuted2
 8
 17



  Notes:

  1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency the database will record details only of the amended charge.

  2. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.

Livestock

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what breeds of bull are held for use in the Bull Hire Scheme and how many bulls were available for hire in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.

Rhona Brankin: The breeds of bulls available for hire in the period 2004-06 were:

  Highland, Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus, Luing, Saler, Limousin, Simmental, Charolais and Hereford.

  The numbers of bulls available for hire were:

  

 Year
 Number of Bulls


 2004
 218


 2005
 188


 2006
 146



  Following the SAC evaluation of the Bull Hire Scheme there was a review of the stud which identified a need to cull a higher proportion of bulls of relatively poor Estimated Breeding Value and to reduce the number of replacements. As a result there have been fewer bulls available in recent years reducing the overall costs of the scheme.

  The Bull Hire Scheme no longer exists and bulls are now being hired under interim arrangements pending introduction of the Crofters Cattle Quality Improvement Scheme.

Livestock

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many bulls were hired under the Bull Hire Scheme in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006, broken down by area.

Rhona Brankin: The Crofters Commission hired bulls to crofting groups as follows:

  

 Area
 No. of Bulls Hired in 2004
 No. of Bulls Hired in 2005
 No. of Bulls Hired in 2006


 Shetland & Orkney
 16
 12
 9


 West Mainland
 16
 15
 12


 Skye, Lochalsh, South and West Inverness
 52
 45
 33


 Western Isles
 52
 49
 40


 Argyll and Islands
 22
 19
 16


 East Mainland
 24
 17
 12


 Totals
 182
 157
 122



  The Bull Hire Scheme no longer exists and bulls are now being hired under interim arrangements pending introduction of the Crofters Cattle Quality Improvement Scheme.

Livestock

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or the Crofters Commission has any plans to increase or decrease the range of breeds for hire under the Bull Hire Scheme and, if so, what breeds are likely to be retained or added.

Rhona Brankin: There are no firm plans to add to or decrease the range of breeds available for hire from the Crofters Commission stud farm. Other breeds may be provided in the future if considered suitable for the conditions in the individual townships and breeds could be discontinued in future if there is no continuing demand.

  The Bull Hire Scheme no longer exists and bulls are now being hired under interim arrangements pending introduction of the Crofters Cattle Quality Improvement Scheme.

Marine Environment

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-26369 and S2W-26371 by Rhona Brankin on 8 June 2006, whether a revised Environmental Impact Assessment of ship-to-ship transfer proposals in the Firth of Forth carried out, commissioned, or requested by Forth Ports plc, as competent authority, is covered by regulation 4 of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

Tavish Scott: It is for Forth Ports Authority and ultimately the courts to determine what their responsibilities are under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EISRs). Forth Ports plc is not a Scottish Public Authority within the meaning of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, although the definition of "Scottish public authority" in Regulation 2(1) of the EISRs can include certain organisations under the control of a public authority that have public responsibilities, functions or services in relation to the environment.

Marine Environment

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive what consenting mechanism for a programme of ship-to-ship transfers in the Firth of Forth is available to Forth Ports plc as competent authority; whether consent can be given subject to conditions in order to safeguard the integrity of European wildlife sites, and whether such consent being given requires the agreement of Scottish ministers.

Tavish Scott: It is for Forth Ports Authority and ultimately the courts to determine what their powers are. The Forth Ports Authority Forth Byelaws are made under powers conferred by Part VI of the Forth Ports Authority Order (which was confirmed by the Forth Ports Authority Order Confirmation Act 1969). Byelaw 38 places masters of vessels under a duty to apply to the Harbourmaster for an anchorage, mooring or berth on arrival within the Forth and no vessel shall use moorings in the control or possession of the authority, except with the permission of the Harbourmaster. Byelaw 39 states that no vessel shall anchor in the Forth for the purpose of discharging or loading cargo, bunkering or taking water without the permission of the Harbourmaster. Approvals or permissions given under those byelaws are not subject to the agreement of the Scottish ministers.

Mental Health

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-25792 by Lewis Macdonald on 23 May 2006, what the "current mental health delivery indicators" are.

Lewis Macdonald: In relation to independent advocacy services, the mental health delivery indicators require joint agency responses on their progress with meeting the needs of children and adolescents, meeting the current demand of all client/age groups and meeting the needs of all client/age groups within a reasonable time frame.

  The full responses can be found on the website at:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/mental-health.

Nutrition

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the proportion of adults who consume at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day.

Mr Andy Kerr: The Scottish Health Survey (2003) [SHeS] has a large sample size and is the primary source of this data.

  SHeS data on the proportion of adults consuming a minimum of five portions of fruit and vegetables per day shows that 20% of men and 22% of women consumed the recommended amount of five or more portions per day. The average number of portions consumed per day was three for men and 3.2 for women.

  The SHeS data can also be analysed to show the fruit and vegetable consumption according to socio-economic factors. Both men and women in the most deprived areas consumed an average of two portions per day. While the daily intake in the most affluent areas was three portions for men and 3.5 portions for women.

  Further comparative analysis of these figures can be found in the Scottish Health Survey which is available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/17861/10352.

Physical Activity

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of adults are estimated to carry out the minimum levels of physical activity recommended in Let’s Make Scotland More Active.

Mr Andy Kerr: Based on the results of the Scottish Health Survey (SHS) 2003, the percentage of adult males (aged 16 to 74) achieving the minimum recommended level of physical activity of 30 minutes per day increased from 41% in 1998 to 44% in 2003. The percentage of adult women meeting the recommendations also increased from 30% in 1998 to 33% in 2003. Full results from the SHS can be viewed online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/25145024/50251 .

Physical Activity

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the people within the 13 to 16-year age range are estimated to carry out the minimum levels of physical activity recommended in Let’s Make Scotland More Active.

Mr Andy Kerr: In the Scottish Health Survey (SHS) children are classed as aged 15 and under. In the most recent SHS in 2003, the percentage of boys in the 12 to 15 age range achieving the minimum recommended level of physical activity of 60 minutes per day was 68%. The number of girls aged 12 to 15 meeting the recommendation was 41%.

  Overall, the percentage of boys (aged two to 15) meeting the minimum level of activity increased from 72% in 1998 to 74% in 2003. The percentage of girls (aged 12 to 15) meeting the recommendations also increased from 59% in 1998 to 63% in 2003. Full results from the SHS 2003 can be viewed online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/25145024/50251.

Planning

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it provides to Planning Aid for Scotland.

Johann Lamont: In the financial year 2006-07, Planning Aid for Scotland will receive up to £225,283 from the Scottish Executive. This is made up of the following four streams:

  Core funding - £100,000 from the Scottish Executive Planning Division;

  Funding for a Volunteer Development Officer - £24,000 from the Planning Development Budget;

  Reach Out - £43,796 from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund, and

  Planning for People - £57,487 from the Sustainable Action Fund.

Police

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many police stations have been closed in villages and towns with a population of less than 10,000 in each year since 1997.

Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-17971 on 16 August 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Public Transport

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to help vulnerable and disadvantaged people to make full use of public transport.

Tavish Scott: The Scotland-wide free bus scheme for older and disabled people was introduced on 1 April 2006. Older and disabled people who hold a National Entitlement Card can travel free by bus anywhere in Scotland on local buses and long distance scheduled coaches throughout the day. The Executive’s Rural Community Transport Initiative enables mainly elderly and disabled people and others who are unable to access conventional public transport to visit family and friends; to access shopping, medical and other social facilities and to take part in community life.

  On rail, First ScotRail, as part of the £10 million Station Investment Plan, are committed to improving access at four major stations, in addition to investing £250,000 per year in small scale works, including ramps to platforms, anti-skid flooring on footbridges, stair markings and installation of handrails, to improve access at stations throughout Scotland. The choice of works will be carried out with Mobility Access Committee for Scotland and Transport Scotland.

  On ferries, the Executive is making every effort to improve passenger access facilities at the shore to vessel transition stage for its network of lifeline ferry services. Record levels of piers and harbours grants have been paid out to qualifying projects. The Executive has also invested almost £25 million in piers and harbours since 2000 involving improvements to passenger access.

Public Transport

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many rural bus services have (a) ceased and (b) been suspended indefinitely in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus passenger miles were travelled in rural areas in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005 and how many of these were supported by public funding, broken down by local authority.

Tavish Scott: The Scottish Executive does not hold this information centrally.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase capacity and services on the rail network since 2003.

Tavish Scott: Capacity has been significantly increased on rail services in Scotland with the introduction of 29 new Class 170 turbostar diesel trains in 2004 and the procurement of a further four Class 170 trains in 2005. This has allowed better deployment of resources which in turn has allowed the available capacity on some services at peak times to be increased. In addition, a number of platform extensions has now been completed on the Dunblane/Bathgate to Edinburgh line, the East Kilbride line and the Fife Circle thus allowing longer trains with additional capacity to stop at these stations.

  There has been a number of new services and service enhancements across the Scottish rail network, including:

  new Larkhall-Milngavie services introduced in December 2005 increasing the frequency of services between Hamilton and Glasgow and Milngavie and Glasgow;

  Invernet project introduced five new services in the Inverness area in December 2005;

  improved frequency of services between Lanark and Glasgow;

  increase in services on the Barrhead line to run earlier in the morning and later in the evening;

  extended services between Motherwell and Cumbernauld now operating later in the evenings;

  a new commuter service in the morning peak from Ayr to Glasgow, and

  a new hourly Sunday service between Cumbernauld and Glasgow Queen Street.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it would need to commence the procurement of new electric rolling stock if it is to run services on the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line by the projected date of completion.

Tavish Scott: A procurement plan is currently being developed to deliver a fleet of new rolling stock for a range of major projects (including Airdrie to Bathgate) and passenger growth initiatives from 2009 onwards.

  The procurement process will be carried out with the cooperation of the current operator, First ScotRail, in consultation with Transport Scotland, commencing in early 2007.

  Transport Scotland has carried out extensive consultation with the rolling stock supply industry, and the industry’s view is that this timescale is perfectly robust. The industry also has adequate production capacity to meet our needs and that of other potential orders.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made to source alternative existing rolling stock to provide new rail services between Airdrie and Bathgate if it is not possible to secure new electric rolling stock.

Tavish Scott: The Scottish Executive remains fully committed to ensuring that sufficient trains are provided to meet projected passenger demand and does not expect the re-opened Airdrie to Bathgate line to have a detrimental impact on the existing Helensburgh services.

  The rolling stock procurement plan currently being developed by Transport Scotland includes consideration of requirements for services between Airdrie and Bathgate. Details of which vehicles will be deployed on each route are still being developed.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what production lines are operational that produce electric rolling stock suitable to run on the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.

Tavish Scott: To facilitate the development of a rolling stock procurement plan, Transport Scotland is currently exploring a range of suitable options through discussions with a number of major train manufacturers across the UK, Europe and beyond. They have all responded positively to these discussions and expressed their willingness to produce trains in line with our needs.

  Procurement of the vehicles will, of course, be through a competitive process in line with EU legislation.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the electric stock fleet of Class 458 "Junipers", which has recently been rejected by South West Trains, and on which the customer information service is not compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, will not be considered for the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line or any other Scottish service.

Tavish Scott: The rolling stock procurement plan, currently being developed by Transport Scotland, is exploring a range of options. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26843 on 23 June 2006.

  The class 458 trains have been considered for use in Scotland. However, their performance characteristics are felt to be unsuitable for our requirements without major modifications. We continue to explore whether these changes would represent good value for money.

  At this time therefore, no decision has been made on the actual type of rolling stock that will service the route.

  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the adequacy of Class 334 "Junipers" to provide the service on the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line, particularly in respect of acceleration, ability to deal with gradients on the new line and capacity compared with the trains that they would replace west of Airdrie.

Tavish Scott: The rolling stock procurement plan, currently being developed by Transport Scotland, is exploring a range of options. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26843 on 23 June 2006.

  The class 334 train has been used as the "base case" for the timetable model on the Airdrie to Bathgate line. Whether these trains will be deployed on the route remains to be decided.

  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the announcement of a study into the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line and the subsequent need to procure further electric rolling stock could have on the existing need to procure such stock for the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line and the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.

Tavish Scott: Transport Scotland has undertaken a feasibility study into the possibility of the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow route. The rolling stock procurement plan currently being developed to deliver a fleet of rolling stock for the Scottish rail network, will work with or without electrification of the Edinburgh and Glasgow route as the industry has sufficient capacity to produce the required number of vehicles to meet our requirements under any plausible scenario.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that there will be no replacement of the electric rolling stock on existing electrified lines with diesel rolling stock to facilitate the introduction of new electrified services on lines such as the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.

Tavish Scott: A procurement plan is currently being developed to deliver a fleet of new rolling stock for a range of major projects (including Airdrie to Bathgate) and passenger growth initiatives from 2009 onwards.

  At this time therefore, no decision has been made on the actual type of rolling stock that will service any of the routes.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rail Network

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has detailed plans in place to procure electric and diesel rolling stock for the new infrastructure investments that it is planning for 2007 onwards.

Tavish Scott: A procurement plan is currently being developed to deliver a fleet of new rolling stock for a range of major projects (including Airdrie to Bathgate) and passenger growth initiatives from 2009 onwards.

  The procurement process will be carried out with the cooperation of the current operator, First ScotRail, in consultation with Transport Scotland, commencing in early 2007.

  At this time, no decision has been made on the actual type of rolling stock that will service the route.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Rape

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average sentence was for those convicted of (a) rape, (b) the rape of someone known to them and (c) a drug-assisted rape in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following table. Cases of rape by someone known to the victim and of drug-assisted rape are not separately identifiable in the statistics held centrally.

  Persons Given a Custodial Sentence in Scottish Courts for Rape1: Number and Average Length of Sentence, by Police Force Area, 2000-01 to 2004-05

  

 
 Number
 Mean Sentence (Days)2


 Police Force Area
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 1
 -
 2
 1
 1
 3,653
 -
 3,013
 1,642
 731


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2
 1
 1
 -
 -
 2,374
 4,383
 2,557
 -
 -


 Fife 
 1
 5
 4
 -
 9
 2,557
 2,374
 2,740
 -
 2,110


 Grampian 
 1
 1
 2
 2
 3
 6,209
 3,653
 1,644
 2,465
 2,070


 Lothian and Borders 
 8
 9
 6
 7
 9
 1,804
 2,222
 2,572
 1,404
 2,103


 Northern 
 -
 3
 4
 2
 3
 -
 3,531
 3,196
 2,009
 1,440


 Strathclyde 
 9
 18
 13
 14
 12
 2,516
 2,227
 1,953
 2,087
 2,123


 Tayside 
 2
 2
 2
 5
 2
 3,470
 2,009
 1,279
 2,922
 2,375


 Scotland
 24
 39
 34
 31
 39
 2,549
 2,426
 2,323
 2,073
 2,036



  Note:

  1. Where main offence.

  2. Excludes life sentence or sentence length not known.

Research

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on core funding for scientific research in the Scottish agricultural and biological research institutes (SABRIs) and the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC).

Rhona Brankin: The Scottish Executive no longer provides core funding to the Scottish Agricultural and Biological Research Institutes (SABRIs) and the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC).

  From 1 April 2006 the SABRIs and SAC are funded to undertake a number of research programmes that focus on the areas of policy priority to the Scottish Executive and the needs of end-users as specified in the document Strategic Research for SEERAD 2005-2010.

Research

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much transitional funding was made available following the closure of the Hannah Research Institute.

Rhona Brankin: The Scottish Executive is making available transitional funding of approximately £1.9 million in 2006-07, £2 million in 2007-08 and £2 million in 2008-09 to enable former Hannah scientists to develop their research in an alternative organisation and to look for alternative sources of funding subsequently.

Research

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates that it would have cost to keep the Hannah Research Institute open for the next three years.

Rhona Brankin: The Scottish Executive has no such estimates. The Scottish Executive’s decision to withdraw funding from the Hannah Research Institute as of 31 March 2006 took account of two very critical Visiting Group reports of 1999 and 2003 and recognised that the research being undertaken at the Hannah was outside the Executive’s research priorities as specified in the document Strategic Research for SEERAD 2005-2010 .

Roads

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to prevent public access, in particular by children, to the retention ponds proposed as part of the road drainage system for the online upgrade of the A80.

Tavish Scott: In order to prevent unauthorised access, a 1.8m high chain link fence will be erected around the retention ponds.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Roads

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-25444 by Tavish Scott on 8 May 2006, when it now hopes to publish the results of the consultation on its review of trunk road and motorway tourist signposting policy.

Tavish Scott: The Trunk Road and Motorway Tourist Signposting Policy and Guidance will be published in July. It is also intention to publish the results of the consultation at the same time.

  Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for more information if required.

Scottish Executive

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many conferences on policy-related issues it has supported, financially or in other ways, in each of the last three years; at how many such conferences ministers or deputy ministers have spoken, and which outside agencies or organisations were involved in organising each conference and how much in each instance they were paid from public funds.

Mr Tom McCabe: This information is not held centrally.

Scottish Executive Contracts

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Independent): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the companies that hold government contracts (a) in the courts and prison service, (b) for road construction and maintenance and (c) for waste management and disposal.

Mr Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive has contacted the Chief Executives of Scottish Court Service and Scottish Prison Service and the Director of Roads at Transport Scotland and their responses are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39886).

  In terms of waste management, the Scottish Executive holds a contract with Hannay & Co Ltd which covers the central belt of Scotland. We hold a contract with Ross-shire Recycling in Dingwall and also a number of small contracts with local councils who are also listed in the above document (Bib. number 39886).

Sport

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15179 by Patricia Ferguson on 22 March 2005, how much funding each project has received and what the timetable is for completion of each project.

Patricia Ferguson: The allocation to each project will be confirmed on approval of the related Stage Two application. Following continued work with lead councils and their partners to help finalise the development of their respective projects, the Executive and  sportscotland will soon be approving the first of the Stage Two applications.

  The timetable for completion of each project as it currently stands is as follows:

  

Lead Applicant : Project
 Estimated Completion Date


Falkirk Council : Westfield Stadium
 April 2008


Stirling Council : Forthbank
 April 2008


City of Edinburgh Council : Sighthill Park
 June 2011


 Hunters Hall
 March 2009


 Royal Commonwealth Pool
 January 2011


Aberdeen City Council : Linksfield
 August 2008


Glasgow City Council : East End
 August 2009


 Scotstoun
 May 2008


 Toryglen
 July 2008


North Lanarkshire Council : Ravenscraig
 September 2008

Tourism

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people visited Scotland from (a) Australia, (b) Belgium, (c) Canada, (d) Denmark, (e) Finland, (f) France, (g) Germany, (h) the Republic of Ireland, (i) Italy, (j) Japan, (k) the Netherlands, (l) New Zealand, (m) Norway, (n) Spain, (o) Sweden and (p) the United States of America in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005.

Patricia Ferguson: The number of visitors to Scotland from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America in 2004 and 2005 is shown in the following table:

  

 Visits (000)
 2004
2005 (Provisional)


 Australia
 119
 135


 Belgium
 27
 44


 Canada
 150
 187


 Denmark
 22
 48


 Finland
 7
 7


 France
 109
 150


 Germany
 198
 296


 Republic of Ireland
 79
 156


 Italy
 75
 127


 Japan
 28
 20


 Netherlands
 78
 99


 New Zealand
 24
 33


 Norway
 16
 64


 Spain
 105
 124


 Sweden
 18
 139


 United States of America
 405
 356



  Source: International Passenger Survey.

  It is important to note that the 2005 figures include, for the first time, an estimate of the number of overseas visitors who arrived in Scotland via Prestwick. Many of these visitors are from Sweden, and so the figures for 2005 in the above table for Sweden in particular, and for some other countries with direct flights to Prestwick, are therefore not directly comparable with those of previous years.

Transport

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to promote more sustainable transport since 2003.

Tavish Scott: The Scottish Executive is committing 70% of our transport budget to public and sustainable transport over the period of our 10-year investment plan. Since 2003, we have introduced a number of initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable transport, including:

  A national concessionary fares scheme, with funding capped at £159 million for 2006-07, enabling older and disabled people to travel free anywhere in Scotland by bus;

  The £22 million Bus Route Development Grant, which provides kick-start funding for new and enhanced bus services;

  £1.2 million Regional Selective Assistance funding towards Scotland’s first large-scale biodiesel plant, near Motherwell;

  £1 million grant funding towards regional transport partnerships to fund travel plan officers;

  £750,000 core-funding of Cycling Scotland, an independent organisation, to provide a greater focus on achieving the targets of the National Cycling Strategy;

  £9.5 million in grants to cycle charity Sustrans to develop the National Cycle Network in Scotland, with a further £8 million announced on £20 June 2006;

  Funding worth £575,000 in each of three years for the stepchange pilot initiative, which aimed to encourage a more efficient use of cars and an increase in alternative modes of travel at local level;

  £56 million towards the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), which recognises the public service aspect of bus services, and passes on benefits to passengers through mitigation of fare increases, and

  Publishing Scottish Planning Policy 17, which promotes an integrated approach to land use, economic development, transport and the environment.

  In addition, since 2003 we have continued to support further initiatives, including:

  Traveline Scotland, a telephone, internet and SMS travel enquiry service providing public transport timetable and journey planning information to travellers in Scotland;

  Transport Direct, the UK-wide door-to-door journey planner and travel information service:

  Awards through the Freight Facilities Grant scheme, which aims to encourage the transfer of freight from roads;

  School Travel Co-ordinators;

  Grant funding towards safer routes to school and cycling, walking and safer streets projects (CWSS)

  Working with the UK Government on new fuel technology such as biofuels and low carbon vehicle technology), and

  Publishing the National Transport Strategy which will take a broad view of the development of Transport in Scotland over the next 20 years.

Wildlife

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the pine marten is seen as a predator of the red squirrel and what figures are available for the (a) pine marten and (b) red squirrel populations in each year from 1996 to 2006.

Rhona Brankin: I am not aware of any published data on this aspect of pine marten behaviour, however, I understand that the extent of pine marten predation on red squirrels is generally believed to be limited. I would expect the Red Squirrel Action Plan which I have commissioned to include consideration of the impact which predation has on red squirrel populations.

  Figures are not available for pine marten or red squirrels populations on a yearly basis. Scottish population estimates for both species were published by JNCC in 1995 and numbered red squirrels at 121,000 and pine martens at 3,500.